tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649790229389488802015-05-09T03:45:46.699-04:00Common Sense CatholicismKevin Tierneynoreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-2738355528780498652014-05-30T20:09:00.003-04:002014-05-30T20:09:57.637-04:00Blogging and The Closing of the Catholic Mind*Warning: Due to some of the language quoted herein, reader discretion is advised*
As everyone knows, I haven't been blogging in awhile. I still write a lot for Catholic Lane and Catholic Exchange, and the material and traffic have never been better. Since I've been doing that, blogging has taken a back seat. I never wanted to end things entirely. I figured sometimes I might have something Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-48776889538998730812014-03-06T14:42:00.001-05:002014-03-06T14:42:33.291-05:00The Reform of the Reform Grows Uphttp://catholiclane.com/reform-of-the-reform-2-0/
Lots of people have been talking about the Reform of the Reform lately. Some think its "dead." I think its actually just beginning, except now with something nobody anticipated: the best vehicle of liturgical reform is the Extraordinary Form.
Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-53144697852050607372014-02-24T12:19:00.001-05:002014-02-24T12:19:02.920-05:00Is Traditionalism a Fad?A lot of controversy was generated by remarks believed to be uttered by the Holy Father, who is alleged to have viewed devotion to the Latin Mass, especially among the young, as a "fad" which will pass with time. Whether or not the Holy Father made those remarks, they are common enough that many believe this.
Why is traditionalism such a hit with the young? Why is the demographic for the Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-2238805896692597672014-02-20T17:47:00.000-05:002014-02-20T17:49:27.527-05:00New Project at Catholic Lane on the Wednesday General Audiences of Pope FrancisCatholic Lane willl be starting something new. Every week (with a slight delay so we can do the material) we will be covering the Wednesday General Audience of Pope Francis. I'd like to tenatively get some interest here, so here are some rough guidelines:
1.) 500-750 word limit.
2.) Focus on only 2-3 points made from the general audience. These are short, so if all we do is repeat the points Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-70354394803066346992014-02-19T21:37:00.000-05:002014-02-19T21:37:05.887-05:00How Not to Refute Sola ScripturaThe latest installment of the Bad Evangelist Club is up and running over at Catholic Lane. In it we look at a popular argument Catholic Apologists use to refute Sola Scriptura, and why it might not be the great argument some say it is.
Before anyone says anything, yes, I'm aware a man about to be canonized a saint made this argument. No, that doesn't change anything. We have a Magesterium forKevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-66719570421565689942014-01-31T16:57:00.002-05:002014-01-31T16:57:23.206-05:00St. Pius X and the "Church of Nice"That's the subject of my latest column at Catholic Lane today. The term "church of nice" has been made popular by Michael Voris of ChurchMilitantTV. It is a clever marketing gimmick (as is most of his work), but like most marketing gimmicks, it really lacks substance. It is even more lacking when you compare the attitude he promotes to the attitude the saints and popes advise us to take.
Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-47764567472364167012014-01-27T17:01:00.002-05:002014-01-27T17:01:54.807-05:00Why the Modesty Debate is Horrible, and How I'm Trying to Change ItIf there's one topic I've cared to debate in Catholic circles, it is the subject of modesty. We don't think the subject of modesty through. We argue about the length of swimsuits and dresses, about whether or not men are lust-filled monsters by virtue of being men or whether they are molded that way. This debate is a traffic and combox magnet, but it's probably one of the least productive Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-74031548656257425732014-01-21T13:53:00.004-05:002014-01-21T13:53:47.159-05:00Why Priests Should Celebrate the Extraordinary FormToday at Catholic Lane, I make a call for priests to celebrate the Extraordinary Form. There are lots of priests who think that since a Latin Mass is being celebrated in their reason, "traditionalists needs are being met" so they really don't have to get involved. I hope they become involved not for our sake, but the sake of their vocation.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-7244307294023624652014-01-17T22:25:00.002-05:002014-01-17T22:25:26.824-05:00Blog Update and New Projects at Catholic LaneWith the baby coming up in February, I find myself having less and less time to do blogging. As a result, this blog will see a real decrease in posting, even more than it already has. I'm asking people to subscribe via the button on the right so they can receive posts by email. If you write for Catholic Lane, please subscribe, as I will frequently announce projects on this blog.
Speaking of Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-85521291107215752392013-12-25T16:31:00.000-05:002013-12-25T16:31:04.710-05:00Merry Christmas to All!I still have some ideas for this blog that don't involve Catholic Lane or Catholic Exchange, I promise! It's just I can't get to them at the time. :) I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I penned the following Reflection on the Christmas Season over at Catholic Lane. I really think it is valuable for those who only attend Church occasionally. Consider giving it to them.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-48445868253125906762013-12-20T20:53:00.006-05:002013-12-20T20:53:59.246-05:00Lenten Project at Catholic LaneThe following is loosely based on what I sent to the writers of the Learn and Live the Faith section on Catholic Lane. Does this interest you? Let me know in the comboxes, +Kevin Tierney on Google+ or @CatholicSmark on Twitter.
Does your local parish offer you Lenten reflection manuals? Roll your eyes when you see one? Some of them are heterodox. Some of them are just plain bland. While Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-41248754196484711452013-12-10T21:26:00.000-05:002013-12-10T21:26:07.700-05:00Homilies as an Examination of ConscienceIs the topic of my latest at Catholic Lane today. How do we handle preaching that is otherwise orthodox but not what we want to hear?Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-38612215795169558582013-12-06T20:32:00.001-05:002013-12-06T20:32:36.349-05:00Come Join The Bad Apologist and Evangelist Club!When I agreed to become Editor of the Learn and Live the Faith Portal at Catholic Lane, I knew it was going to involve work. What I didn't realize is how much fun it would be. I've got a great boss who has stood by my decisions and allowed me a lot of freedom to run that section of the website, and I think it's paid off. I've been blessed to have some great talent to work with, and traffic hasKevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-79492655165049536562013-12-04T20:43:00.002-05:002013-12-04T20:43:48.940-05:00Theology of the Interior: Latest at Catholic ExchangeWhy is the interior life such an important thing for Catholics? Why is slander considered a "work of the flesh" in the same category with things like lust? I explore this in my latest at Catholic Exchange.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-21808590509648174152013-12-03T20:38:00.003-05:002013-12-03T20:38:39.120-05:00There is no "Francis Effect": Why That's Not a Bad Thing
When
I’m not writing on traditionalism or John Paul II’s Catechesis on Human Love
(and how they are related!), I am a baseball fanatic and a political
junkie. One thing that unites the two: I favor the far more “data-driven”
approach. I’m not a statistician, but I
love the way conventional norms have been challenged in the field taking a
different approach in mind. One of the recent Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-39590774574778942722013-11-26T12:23:00.004-05:002013-11-26T12:23:33.139-05:00Latest Column at Catholic LaneTaking a break from reading Francis' Apostolic Exhortation. Seriously, who thought 288 paragraphs was a sound idea?
Read my latest at Catholic Lane Today, on how the liturgy tells the story of salvation. It's under 1,000 words, far easier.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-13060910481093944182013-11-26T11:22:00.004-05:002013-11-26T11:22:51.008-05:00Evangelii GaudiumIs out.
Read the whole thing before you read the commentaries. A lot of people are going to be very angry when reading this. If they are smart, they will breathe before posting.
Since they won't be, make sure you read the words before the nerdrage deluge that is about to be upon us.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-59280725759131017582013-11-21T13:58:00.001-05:002013-11-21T13:58:12.215-05:00Look Away or Not Lust? This is the subject I discus at Catholic Exchange today. Basically, I argue that the way this question is presented by most TOB presenters is a false choice. One of the ways you avoid lust is by looking away. Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-12737280744738354452013-11-17T20:59:00.000-05:002013-11-17T20:59:44.521-05:00Various Francis NewsOver the past few days, we've had several things come out about the Pope which have caused discussion.
- First there was the statement from Cardinal Hoyos that Francis has no problem with the Latin Mass, and really doesn't have that strong of an opinion one way or another on it. He has no intention of supressing it. This should be obvious, but a lot of people really believed he would. This wasKevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-42226400465504807162013-11-15T17:04:00.001-05:002013-11-15T17:04:12.618-05:00Why Communion Kneeling and on the TongueThat's the question I answer at Catholic Lane today. I do so by considering the symbolism on its own merits, not by the usual comparison between that and communion in the hand. Whatever one thinks about it, Holy Mother Church has allowed both in the Ordinary Form. If we want to sway people, we have to make the positive case for it. Thankfully, there's a powerful case to be made from the Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-31363748546585274132013-11-12T18:31:00.002-05:002013-11-12T18:36:03.046-05:00Pope Won't Stop Latin Mass.... In Other News, The Sky is BlueCardinal assures traditionalists of Pope’s support for Extraordinary Form
Via CatholicCulture
I really don't know why this is a news story. The logistics of such a move never made sense. Traditionalists (for better or worse) are a minority. One would have to believe that Pope Francis, upon his rising to the Chair of Peter, and having laid out an ambitious plan for reform knowing time is of Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-42690484151169421312013-11-11T18:49:00.001-05:002013-11-11T18:49:43.526-05:00Cardinal Maradiaga's Vision of the Church: Both Attractive and DisappointingOn October 25, Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga gave a rather remarkable speech. Kevin O'Brien offers some interesting thoughts (and an interaction with Fr. Longenecker) here. There's a lot to digest in this speech. It's over 5,000 words, and it covers a lot of complex subjects. I'd like to cover some of them here in what may be a bit lengthy, but worth it. I'd like to start where I think a lot of Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-44616144144291617262013-11-07T13:19:00.000-05:002013-11-07T13:19:18.129-05:00New Editor at Catholic Lane, and My "Vision" Going ForwardThis past week I have formally accepted a promotion of sorts at Catholic Lane. I now am an Associate Editor at the site, in charge of the "Learn and Live the Faith" section. As a result, this gives me a lot of time to think about how that section should look going forward. Here's a letter I sent out to some of the newer writers explaining what i think Learn and Live the Faith should look like.Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-39619093932887190112013-11-06T11:18:00.000-05:002013-11-06T11:18:44.785-05:00John Paul II and "Victory over Concupiscence": Latest Catholic Exchange ColumnToday we discuss what such a victory would actually entail. This was one of the more controversial issues a few years back, and I'd like to give it a fresh look.
A little word about my columns at Catholic Exchange. I'm really not interested in what this or that theologian says, and whether or not they are representing the text faithfully. That battle was waged three years ago. What we need Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-964979022938948880.post-69407325520474889082013-11-04T20:37:00.002-05:002013-11-04T20:39:04.601-05:00Guest Editorial on "Cursing the Darkness'Note from KMT: What follows is another guest editorial from Shawn McElhinney who wished to offer some thoughts on a recent essay. The opinions expressed are his alone.
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While far from the first to respond to an article recently penned by Steve Skojec on the direction the Church has taken since the election of Jorge Bergoglio to the See of Peter, I want to nonetheless address some of the Kevin Tierneyhttps://plus.google.com/101066450151446052682noreply@blogger.com5